Improvement in culinary shelves



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GEORGE TROUTMAN HUN SAKER, OF OAR'IHAGE, ILLINOIS..

IMPROVEMENT IN CULINARY SHELVES.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 119,985, dated October 17, 1871.

' To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that 1, GEORGE TEOUTMAN HUN- SAKER, of Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois, have made a new and useful Improvementin Culinary Shelf, of which the following is a specification The object of this invention is to form a simple and desirable shelf for use in the kitchen, and which may be used in connection with a side wall, and especially With a stove, which may be readily removable when not desired for use, and again applied for instant use at any time, for use in cooking and various connected operations in the kitchen, as Well as for use as a ower-stand, shelf, and other purposes, when desired.

Figures l., 2, and 3 are vertical sections of three styles, showing the means of ready attachment and support under different circumstances. Fig.

' 4 is a top View of Fig. 2.

The shelf A is made of iron castings of suitable and tasty form, or of wood-Work. It may be made of any size and contour desired. It has around its outside edge a raised rim, B, to retain articles from slipping off; or this part may be omitted or modified to suit any particular use. The shelf has a part, C, which is formed separately for facility in manufacture, or may, in whole or part, be formed on the shelf'. This is attached, by bolts D D', firmly. This part has an upward hook, E, projecting from it, or it may be of other suitable shape. This is formed and arranged to hook under the descending part F of a Wall or edge of a stove, so as to hold firmly thereto when it is kept up to position. `The leg G descends, and has a foot, H, formed to rest on a rm support, I, which may be a part extending from the wall, the front or back part of a cooking-stove, or other base of attachment, to keep the part E up Iirmlyin position, and act as a support and brace for the shelf. From part F to the shelf there is a suitable strengtheningbrace, L. One of these parts O may be used in the middle of the shelf, or one at each end.

When in the operations of cooking it is desirable to have a shelf-extension from the front of thev stove on a level with the top, it is applied as shown in Fig. 2, for holding` hot or very full dishes when dishing up from vessels on the stove, or keeping food warm. able.

Fig. 3 shows a form as attached to the rear of stove for Various convenient uses, and which nlay be reta-ined more continuously on the stove. Fig. 1 shows the applica-tion to a side wall for various uses. The parts of this may be variously modified.

I claim- Witnesses S. J. WALLACE,

W. C. STRIPE. (SSI This is often very desir- 

